diff --git a/core/java/android/companion/virtual/VirtualDeviceManager.java b/core/java/android/companion/virtual/VirtualDeviceManager.java
index b967ca95ceb19..cb9f06c39393f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/companion/virtual/VirtualDeviceManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/companion/virtual/VirtualDeviceManager.java
@@ -540,8 +540,13 @@ public final class VirtualDeviceManager {
                 @VirtualDisplayFlag int flags,
                 @Nullable @CallbackExecutor Executor executor,
                 @Nullable VirtualDisplay.Callback callback) {
+            // Currently this just use the device ID, which means all of the virtual displays
+            // created using the same virtual device will have the same name if they use this
+            // deprecated API. The name should only be used for informational purposes, and not for
+            // identifying the display in code.
+            String virtualDisplayName =  "VirtualDevice_" + getDeviceId();
             VirtualDisplayConfig.Builder builder = new VirtualDisplayConfig.Builder(
-                    getVirtualDisplayName(), width, height, densityDpi)
+                    virtualDisplayName, width, height, densityDpi)
                     .setFlags(flags);
             if (surface != null) {
                 builder.setSurface(surface);
@@ -825,18 +830,6 @@ public final class VirtualDeviceManager {
             }
         }
 
-        private String getVirtualDisplayName() {
-            try {
-                // Currently this just use the device ID, which means all of the virtual displays
-                // created using the same virtual device will have the same name. The name should
-                // only be used for informational purposes, and not for identifying the display in
-                // code.
-                return "VirtualDevice_" + mVirtualDevice.getDeviceId();
-            } catch (RemoteException e) {
-                throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
-            }
-        }
-
         /**
          * Adds an activity listener to listen for events such as top activity change or virtual
          * display task stack became empty.